acriflavine

acriflavine Definition

ac·ri·fla·vine (ak′rə flā′vēn′, -vin)

noun

a deep-orange, odorless powder, CHNCl, prepared from acridine: used as a dye reagent and, esp. formerly, as an antiseptic

Etymology: < acri(dine) + flavine

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